Ian Porterfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ian Porterfield

British footballer

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1946

Place of Birth: Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Sep-2007

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ian Porterfield (11 February 1946 – 11 September 2007) was a Scottish professional footballer, and an experienced football coach who worked at both club and international level for almost 30 years.
At the time of his death, he was the coach of the Armenian national team. As a player, Porterfield scored the only goal of the 1973 FA Cup Final as Sunderland memorably overcame the odds to beat Leeds United.
As a manager, he has the dubious honour of being the very first manager to be sacked in the FA Premier League era, when he was fired by Chelsea.
He had earlier succeeded Alex Ferguson as manager of Aberdeen in 1986.